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Funeral plans to finally be regulated by the FCA

Funeral flowers laid on a plain background

Pre-paid funeral plans are finally and at long last being regulated following legislation passed by Parliament. As of July 29, the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) will regulate these plans and is authorising 26 providers. It is understood that together these firms hold about 1.6million plans, which makes up 87% of the market. Regular readers of this...

Are you retiring this year? Give it some thought

Hundreds of thousands of workers will retire at the ‘worst time in two decades’ this year, according to a recent article in The Telegraph. With oil prices soaring, stocks falling and ever-increasing inflation, it is certainly an unstable time for the markets upon which so many pension pots rely. The fear is that people have seen...

Is crypto about to crash and burn?

Is it Armageddon for the cryptocurrency market? Recent headlines have shouted that more than $2trillion (yes, trillion!) has been wiped off the value of the overall crypto market following a crash since its high of November last year. Remember, these things are not regulated. That means there are no enforceable rules or protections and as...

Fuel prices will come down – eventually

With the cost of filling the average family car with fuel now £100 and the price of a litre of petrol predicted to hit a record £2, it is having a huge impact on everyone. Public transport and alternatives such as cycling to work may appear green and a good solution, but for many here...

What is it we actually do?

Businessman hands around a crystal ball with 'future' written on it

Some industries appear shrouded in mystery to the public at large and ‘what is it you actually do?’ is a common question we hear as a chartered wealth management company – as no doubt do many others in various professions. We offer various services, but the biggest by some margin is looking after the wealth...

Happy 70th anniversary Your Majesty

Queen's Coronation footstoll replica and memorabilia

The nation will be celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II from tomorrow (Thursday) with a four-day bank holiday weekend so we thought it might be interesting to compare the financial situation in the 70 years between then and now. Her Majesty actually ascended the throne on 6 February 1952 but did not wish...

It’s never too late – until it is

Sadly, we all die. Some leave their financial affairs in an organised state, but most don’t and some are in an atrocious condition. This causes awful troubles and stresses for their nearest and dearest and if the wrong sort of professional executor is engaged, it can cost an arm and a leg to resolve...

Economy chokes on the ‘pig’ of inflation

There is a colossal ‘pig in the python’ at the moment as the UK is experiencing its highest rate of inflation in 30 years. The Office for National Statistics has announced that rates rose to seven per cent in March, leaving households faced with increased prices for food, fuel, energy bills – pretty much everything. Unfortunately,...

Energy price hike – what can you do?

Anxious energy customers crashed the websites of major suppliers on Thursday as they rushed to avoid a huge price hike. Those on variable direct debits had been urged by money experts to take a meter reading on March 31 during what has been coined as ‘National Meter Reading Day’. This is because the energy price cap...

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Funeral plans to finally be regulated by the FCA

Are you retiring this year? Give it some thought

Is crypto about to crash and burn?

Fuel prices will come down – eventually

What is it we actually do?

Happy 70th anniversary Your Majesty

It’s never too late – until it is

Economy chokes on the ‘pig’ of inflation

Energy price hike – what can you do?

Russian Madness

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